Shade-holder for candles



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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

PETER SLOAN, OF IWIERION STATION, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHADE-HOLDER FOR CANDLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 412,301, dated. October 8, 1889. Application filed February 15, 1889- Serial No. 299,930. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PETER SLOAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Merion Station, in the county of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shade-Holders for Candies, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in shade-holders for candles; and it consists in a certain. novel construction and combination of parts, fully described hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, and specifically pointed out in the appended claims. In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a holder embodying my invention applied in the operative position to a candle. Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional view of the same.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a metallic band, which surrounds the candle B, and is larger than the same, so as to slide freely thereon; and O C represent outwardlyconvexed standards, which are attached at their lower ends to the said band and at their upper ends to the shade-ring D of any suitable or preferred pattern.

E E represent horizontal spring-wire fingers, which are attached to the standards a short distance above the band A, and project inward over the upper end of the candle and bear on the same to support the shade-holder. These fingers are composed of a single piece of wire and provided with the shanks F F, having the spring-coils f f arranged at suit- :ble points to press the fingers inward, and the shanks are extended and coiled around the standards, as shown at G. These coils are prevented from sliding upward on the standards by the shoulders or offsets c on the latter.

Heretofore it has been the practice to provide candle shade-holders with bands or sockets, having inwardly-flanged upper ends to bear on the upper end of the candle; but the objection to this construction is that thelarge surface of metal bearing on the candle conveys away a great quantity of heat, thereby preventing the wax from vaporizing and burning, and causing it to flow in a liquid state down the sides of the candle within the said band or socket. This wax or grease congeals between the band or socket and the candle, and prevents the former from sliding down as the candle is consumed, thereby defeating the object of the device.

In the improved holder theband fits loosely on the candle, and only the two horizontal fingers bear on the upper end thereof, and as these fingers cannot convey away much heat the combustion will be more perfect; further, in the improved holder theband is arranged some distance below the upper end of the candle and the molten wax or grease will usually congeal before it reaches the band, and. therefore will not interfere with the proper operation of the latter; further, if the band hecomes choked it may be more easily cleaned than those bands which are provided with flanges on their upper ends.

Having thus described the invention, I claim- 1. In a shade-holder for candles, the combination of the band surrounding the candle, the standards attached to the band and carrying the shade-rin g, and the horizontal spring-actuated fingers extending upward and bearing upon the upper end of the candle, and composed of a single piece of wire hav ing shanks and coiled at the base of the shanks to force the fingers upward, the coils surroundin g the standards, substantially as described. 2. In a shade-holder for candles, the combination, with the metallic band, and the standards carrying the shade-ring and provided with offsets c 0. above the band, of the spring-supporting fingers E, composed of a single piece of wire and provided with coils G, which fit on the standards and engage the said offsets c, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. A shade-holder provided with spring-actuated fingers composed of a single piece of wire and having the shanks, the coils at the lower end of the shanks to force the fingers inward, and the coils surrounding the standards, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses. I

PETER SLOAN. lVitnesses:

ALEX Huronnvs, G. W. GARDNER. 

